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E. GANNIFF.

TABLE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1907.

Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

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Patented Sept. 22, 1908. 2 sums-411331 a.

L. E. U ANNIFF.

TABLE. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 20, 1907.

LESTER E. OANNIFF, OF LANSING, MICHIGAN.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

Application filed July 26, 1907. Serial No. 385,690.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LESTER E. OANNIFF, a. citizen of the United States of America, residing at Lansing, in the county of Ingham and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved table or other like article of furniture provided with supporting legs, the object of the invention being to provide improved means for attaching the legs to the top or body of the article of furniture so that such legs may be folded compactly against suchtop or body to enable the table or other article of furniture to be compactly disposed, and the said invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,-Figure 1 is an elevation of a table provided with my improved foldable supporting legs, showing the same set up. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the same partly in section on the plane indicated by the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the legs partly elevated. Fig. 4. is an inverted lan view showing the legs folded to the fu lest extent. Fig. 5 is an elevation showing the legs in the same position as in Fig. 4.. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view of the u per portion of one of the legs, showing the ocking bolt thereof. Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 77 of Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is a detail view taken on the plane indicated by the line 8-8 of Fig. 1.

In accordance with my invention the top or body 1 of the table or other article of furniture is provided on its underside, preferably" at its center, with a downwardly extending stud 2 recessed in its sides, as at 3, to provide a laterally projecting flange or head 4.. A bar 5 is connected to the underside of the top or body at a suitable distance from the stud 2 by means of hinges 6 which enable the said bar to be folded against the underside of such top or body or to be extended vertically with respect thereto. Pairs of supporting legs 7, 8 are provided, the upper ends of which are here shown as formed bybars 9, 10, respectively. The said bars which form the upper portions of the supporting legs also form rojections at the upper portions of the egs, such projections being formed by the ends of said bars.

The bars 9 of the legs 7 are connected to I curing disposed against the bar 5 by hinges 11 to enable the said legs 17 to be extended in line with said bar 5, as shown in Fig. 5 and indicated in Figs. 3 and 4, or to be disposed at an angle with reference to said bar 5, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The bars 10 of the supporting legs 8 are connected to the bars 9 by means of hinges 12 which enable such bars 9 and 10 to be disposed in linewith each other and with the bar5 or to be disposed at an angle to such bar 5 and with reference to each other.

When the supporting legs angularly with reference to each other under the top or body of the tableor other article of furniture in position to support the same, the inner ends of the bars 9, 10 which form the upper ends of such supporting legs bear against opposite sides of the recessed stud 2 and under the head or flange 4 of such stud, as shown in Fig. 7 and as indicated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. T o secure the said legs 8 in such supporting position I provide keepers 13 to project from the underside of the top or body of the table or other article of furniture, sto s 14 which also project from the same an furthermore provide locking devices, here shown as spring-pressed bolts 15 carried by such bars 10 of the legs 8 at the outer ends of such bars, for engagement with such keepers, as shown in Fig. 8. When the said se bolts are in engagement with such kee er the bars 10 which form the upper ends of t e legs 8 bear against the sto s 14. In order to fold the sup orting egs against the top or body of the tabi e or other article of furniture, to dispose such sup orting legs compactly against the same, suc su porting legs are first turned to aposition in ine with the bar 5. The latter, together with such legs, are then folded against the bottom of the table top or the body of the article of furniture, and the legs 8 are then folded upon and caused to bear against the legs 7, as shown in Figs. 4. and 5. The bolts 15 are normally pressed outward by means of the springs 16 and are provided with operating arms 17 which work in slots 18 in the sides of the bars 10. Said bolts and springs are incased in tubular casings 19 which are mortised'in the outer ends of the said bars 10.

It will be understood from the foregoing descri tion and by reference to the drawings that t e supporting legs may be compactly the underside of the table top or body to reduce the table or other article of furniture to the smallest 7, 8 are disposed possible com- 1 therefrom in line therewith and pass, and that the supporting legs may also be disposed under the top or body of the article of furniture in position to support the same and may be securely fastened in such supporting position.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

.1. In combination with a body of an article of furniture, a connecting element pivot ally connected thereto and adapted to be folded against the same, a pair of su porting legs pivotally connected to the ends of the said connecting element to be extended to be turned angularly with res ectthereto, said pair of legs when eXtendetPfrom said connecting element in line therewith being foldable with said connecting element against said body of said article of furniture, and a pair of supporting legs pivotally connected to the first mentioned pair of supporting legs to be folded u on said first mentioned pair of supporting l egs when said first mentioned pair of supporting legs together with the said connecting element are folded against the said body.

2. In combination with the body of an ari f. I

i i l l 1 otally connected thereto and adapted to be folded. against the 7 legs pivotally connected to the ends of the said connecting element to be extended therefrom in line therewith and to be turned angularly with respect thereto, said pair of legs when extended from said connecting element in line therewith being foldable with said connecting element against said body of said article of furniture and a pair of supporting legs pivotally connected to the first mentioned pair of supporting legs to be folded upon said first mentioned pair of supporting legs when said first mentioned pair of supporting legs together with the said connecting element are folded against the .aid body, and means to detachably secure the second mentioned pair of supporting legs to the said body when the said second mentioned pair of supporting legs are extended from the first mentioned pair of supporting legs.

I11 testimony whereof, I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LESTER E. lANNIIfiF Witnesses:

A. R. I'IARDY, V. N. PEARSALL.

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